Yellow-Vented Hornet
Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck
at Sapporo

In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%

6 Verified sightings at Sapporo
6 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
August Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Yellow-Vented Hornet

Vespa analis, the yellow-vented hornet, is a species of common hornet found in Southeast Asia. Wikipedia →

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~10%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
2 Yogyakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
3 Sendai 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
4 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
5 Osaka 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
6 Sapporo 🇯🇵 Japan
~10%
7 Jakarta 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
8 Bandung 🇮🇩 Indonesia
~10%
9 Nanjing 🇨🇳 China
~10%
10 Seoul 🇰🇷 South Korea
~10%

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Yellow-Vented Hornet in Sapporo?

With luck

About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Vented Hornet sighting in Sapporo on a given day, based on 6 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 33rd most-seen of the 44 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Yellow-Vented Hornet in Sapporo?

August and September

In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-Vented Hornet in Sapporo on a given day, against under 5% in July and October–April, the lowest months. Those are among Sapporo's wettest months, with about 150 mm of rain a month against 60 mm in April.

What time of day is best to see a Yellow-Vented Hornet?

Between 7 and 10 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-Vented Hornet sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Sapporo the best place to see a Yellow-Vented Hornet?

6th of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Yellow-Vented Hornet sightings, Sapporo ranks 6th at about 10%. The best odds are in Nagoya (Japan, about 20%), Yogyakarta (Indonesia, about 10%) and Sendai (Japan, about 10%).

Where does the Yellow-Vented Hornet sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Yellow-Vented Hornet is recorded against all the insects logged in Sapporo (6 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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